ICD-10-CM Code A39.89

Valid for Submission

A39.89 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other meningococcal infections. The code is valid for the fiscal year 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code A39.89 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like meningococcal conjunctivitis, meningococcal eye disease, meningococcal eye disease, meningococcal pharyngitis, meningococcal pneumonia, meningococcal rash, etc

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code A39.89:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.

• Meningococcal conjunctivitis

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code A39.89 are found in the index:

• - Conjunctivitis (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NOS - H10.9
  • - in (due to)
    • - meningococci - A39.89
  • - meningococcal - A39.89

• - Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) - B99.9
  • - meningococcal - See Also: condition; - A39.9
    • - conjunctiva - A39.89
    • - specified site NEC - A39.89

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Meningococcal conjunctivitis
• Meningococcal eye disease
• Meningococcal eye disease
• Meningococcal pharyngitis
• Meningococcal pneumonia
• Meningococcal rash

Clinical Information

• MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS-. infections with bacteria of the species neisseria meningitidis.

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code A39.89 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.

• 870 - SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS
• 871 - SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC
• 872 - SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC

Convert A39.89 to ICD-9

• 036.89 - Meningococcal infect NEC

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
    • Meningococcal infection (A39)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
• FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021

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